Wimbledon Film Club

Wimbledon Film Club Local film club screening at the Odeon Wimbledon. All welcome. Tickets: £14.70 for non-members; £8 for members. Membership £30, concessions £25, under-30s £10.

For details, go to: https://wimbledonfilmclub.co.uk/ World cinema, best of Brit and indie. Festival favourites and films you didn’t know were out there. Wimbledon Film Club screens in central Wimbledon at hmvcurzon, 23 The Broadway, Wimbledon SW19 1RE on alternate Tuesdays. Films start at 8.30pm, book online via Eventbrite. Non-members welcome but join Wimbledon Film Club (link on website) to enjo

y priority booking, discounted tickets for yourself and guests, and participation in votes to choose films. Wimbledon Film Club is a registered charity run for the whole community by a committee of unpaid volunteers. We are a member of the British Federation of Film Societies (Cinema for All)

The sixth film in our new season, screening on the 25th of November, will be On becoming a Guinea Fowl. The will include...
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The sixth film in our new season, screening on the 25th of November, will be On becoming a Guinea Fowl. The will include a post-film Q&A with Tatenda Jamera, founder of African cinema organisation Maona Art. For full details, see: https://wimbledonfilmclub.co.uk/on-becoming-a-guinea-fowl/

English actress Honor Blackman was born 100 years ago today. In addition to her role as Cathy Gale in TV's The Avengers,...
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English actress Honor Blackman was born 100 years ago today. In addition to her role as Cathy Gale in TV's The Avengers, she had notable film roles in Jason and the Argonauts (1963 - as Hera), Goldfinger (1964 - as P***y Galore), Life at the Top (1965), and Something Big (1971).

Shane Meadows' Somers Town went on general release in the UK on this day in 2008. Shot mostly in black and white, apart ...
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Shane Meadows' Somers Town went on general release in the UK on this day in 2008. Shot mostly in black and white, apart from a final scene (in France) in colour, it centred on the friendship of two boys in North London. It starred Thomas Turgoose, Piotr Jagiello, Kate Dickie, Perry Benson, and Elisa Lasowski .

Robert Enrico's Le vieux fusil (The Old Gun) was released on this day in 1975. A tale of French resistance centred on th...
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Robert Enrico's Le vieux fusil (The Old Gun) was released on this day in 1975. A tale of French resistance centred on the massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane, it starred Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider and Jean Bouise. It won 3 Césars, including Best Film, Best Actor (Noiret), and Best Music.

The English character actor John Slater was born on this day in 1916. His notable film appearances included Went the Day...
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John Landis's An American Werewolf in London was released on this day in 1981. It starred David Naughton, Jenny Agutter,...
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English actor David Farrar was born on this day in 1908. His notable films included Went the Day Well? (1942), Black Nar...
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English actor David Farrar was born on this day in 1908. His notable films included Went the Day Well? (1942), Black Narcissus (1947), Frieda (1947), and The Small Back Room (1949). In the 1950s he had numerous supporting roles in Hollywood productions, but will be remembered for his work in Britain in the 40s.

American actor Alan Reed was born on this day in 1907. You might remember him from supporting roles in such films as Nob...
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American actor Alan Reed was born on this day in 1907. You might remember him from supporting roles in such films as Nob Hill (1945), Viva Zapata! (1952) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), but you're more likely to remember him as the voice of Fred Flintstone in the animated TV series.

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Jim Sharman's The Rocky Horror Picture Show went on general release in the UK, having premiered on the 14th, on this day in 1975. The longest-running film in cinema history, it starred Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn and Richard O'Brien (who co-wrote the screenplay with Sharman).

Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds (which he this week claimed is his "masterpiece") went on general release, in Ge...
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